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Library Pewter

Sherwin-Williams 38

HEX
#7F7263
RGB
127, 114, 99
LAB
48.8, 2.4, 10.2
LRV
≈ 17
Family
Brown, warm
Nearest RAL
7006 Beige Grey
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With an LRV of about 17, Library Pewter absorbs most of the light that reaches it. It makes a wall recede and a room feel smaller, and it needs good light to show its color. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.

Library Pewter in other brands

  • Flock Of Birds Johnstone's Brown Very close ΔE 0.5
  • Coastal Fog Hallman Lindsay 213 Brown Very close ΔE 0.5
  • Portobello Vista C-1445 Brown Very close ΔE 0.8
  • Saddle C2 Paint C2-809 Brown Very close ΔE 0.9
  • Belgian Brown Jotun 10385 Brown Very close ΔE 0.9
  • Bat Wing Kelly-Moore KM4581-3 Brown Very close ΔE 1.0

Lighter and darker in Sherwin-Williams

How it looks with color blindness

  • Deuteranopia Reads as olive
  • Protanopia Reads as olive
  • Tritanopia Reads as red
  • Achromatopsia Reads as gray

Under different light

  • Warm bulb, 2700 K Close to listed
  • Neutral, 4000 K Close to listed
  • Daylight, 6500 K As listed

Questions

Is Library Pewter warm or cool?

Warm. Its LAB b value of 10.2 and a value of 2.4 lean toward yellow and red, so it reads warmer next to a pure gray.

What is the closest Johnstone's color to Library Pewter?

Flock Of Birds (Johnstone's), at ΔE 0.5. Under ΔE 2 the two are hard to tell apart on a wall.

What is the LRV of Library Pewter?

≈ 17. Sherwin-Williams does not publish an LRV for it, so this one is calculated from the color.